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loyauté

English translation: honesty

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French term or phrase:loyauté
English translation:honesty
Entered by: sarahl (X)

15:34 May 31, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Nutrition
French term or phrase: loyauté
si on avait la loyauté dans les comités d'experts de faire appel aux experts internationaux, on aurait évidemment des nuances
celandine
Local time: 15:23
honesty
Explanation:
loyauté is a strange choice of words here. The way I understand it, expert committees should be honest/professional enough to recognize they sometimes need additional expertise.
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sarahl (X)
Local time: 00:23
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3honesty
sarahl (X)
4 +1literally: Conscientiousness/thoroughness
Julia Gal
5Loyalty or Faithfulness
paleozon


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
loyauté
honesty


Explanation:
loyauté is a strange choice of words here. The way I understand it, expert committees should be honest/professional enough to recognize they sometimes need additional expertise.

sarahl (X)
Local time: 00:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 min
  -> efxaristo Vicky!
agree  Aisha Maniar
2 hrs
  -> shukran Aisha!
agree  Catherine VIERECK
1 day 15 hrs
  -> merci Catherine !
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
loyauté
literally: Conscientiousness/thoroughness


Explanation:
meaning "if expert committees were conscientious (thorough) enough to bring in international experts, we would obviously see a difference..."

What is the situation being discussed?

Julia Gal
Local time: 09:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shog Imas
2 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
loyauté
Loyalty or Faithfulness


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr 26 mins (2004-05-31 17:01:10 GMT)
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Here is how I understood this sentence:
If we had faith in the Experts Commitees to call on to the international experts, we would evidently have had some opinions (nuances)

paleozon
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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